The Walking Dead #101

Part five of "Something to Fear" arrives in this 2012 installment of Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn's post-apocalyptic series. Adlard's cover zeros in on a figure gripping a crossbow, the scarred and bloodied weapon filling the frame with quiet menace against a pale background — a tightly composed image that lets dread do the heavy lifting. The bold, blood-red "FEAR" dominating the lower half makes the stakes feel unmistakably clear before you've turned a single page.